Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-09

Meeting of the National Committee
OF the Party Yesterday.
tBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l

publican National Committee was called
to order at ii o'clock this morning in
Room 100 OF the Arlington Hotel by j.
L. Jones, of Pennsylvania, its chairman,
Samuel Fessenden. of Connecticut. act
ing as secretary. In brief speech Chair
man Jones stated the object of the meet
ing as follows: Gentlemen OF the Com
mittce, AS stated in the call this meet
ing is for the purpose of selecting the
time and place for holding the next Re
publican National Convention and
also to consider such other matters
as may properly he brought before it,
AS everything connected, however re-
motely, with the Government of this
great country is important, our action
to-day may have far-reacbing results.
We should therefore carefully consider
such subjects as may be brought before
US that we may decide wisely. We may
congratulate ourselves on the improved
prospects OF the Republican party since
the National Committee met in this city
four years ago for the same purpose that
we are now assembled. AT that time the
majority against the Republican party
in the North, at least preceding general
State elections, counted up into the hun
dreds of thousands. The great States of
New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio had
Democratic Governors, New Yorks elect
ed by nearly 100000 plurality. which
was reduced for the same candidate in
the presidential election to less than
LOO. Though by accident the Demo
cratic party have the presidency and the
prestige of success, the signs are auspi-
cious for the election of a Republican
President in 1898. The momentum ac-
quired by twenty-five years of the preva-
lence Of Republican principles has not
yet lost its force, and the mate
rial interests of the country are still
prosperous as the result of Republican
industrial legislation. Recent utterances,
however, indicate determination to end
this prosperity by adverse legislation
fired upon the country by an Admins
tration hostile to American industry, and
indicate the necessity of return to
power of the Republican party III the
| National Government, so that the Ameu-
can industries of wool growing and SUI
gar-raising. equally with iron making and
/ textile production, may have continued
prosperity and the employees in these
! industries constant employment and con-
tinued good wages, such as American
workmen should receive.
The roll was then called, and every
/ State and Territory, with one or two ex-
ceptions, was represented by delegate or
proxy.
The delegate selected from the State
of Kentucky, j. u. Moore, having re-
moved from that State. Mr.. BrOwnlow,
of Tennessee, moved that Hon. q. Nj.
| Thomas be admitted as the committee
man 10 represent Kentucky. He stated
that the Republican members of Con-
press from that State had met and Sc
lected Mr.. Thomas as member oil the
committee.
The question arose as to the right of
the committee to admit gentleman TO
membership except upon the certliica-
ton of the State Committee, and the
further point was made that no resigna-
ton had been received from Mr.
Moore. ,
At the suggestion of Mr.. Clarkson, OF
Iowa, MIR. Brownlow modified bis mo-
ton so as to provide that Mr.. Thomas
be admitted as "a temporary representa-
tive of Kentucky at the present meet
ing, and, as modified, the motion was
agreed to.
A committee of three members OF the
Republican National League appeared
and through its chairman, ). Hale Sy-
pber. received al invitation rendered by
the league to the committee to hold Its
meetings at the league headquarters and
the invitation was unanimously and cor
daily accepted.
The committee then adjourned to re-
assemble at the league clubhouse.
DELEGATIONS were present to urge the
claims of Minneapolis, Omaha. Chicago,
ST. Louis. Cincinnati, and Philadelphia.
Each delegation was given fifteen MN
utes to present its case.
The first formal ballot resulted
Whole number Of ballots cast Al; ne
cessary to a choice 24. Chicago re-
ceived %: Omaha. 4 Cincinnati, .;
Minneapolis. s.; Philadelphia, !; st.
Ionis. /. Second formal ballot; Chi
cago. 25: Omaha. 4; Cincinnati, 10
Minneapolis. 8. MI
Colonel William c. Elan. Of Rich
mond, presented an argument IN favor
of the Republican party OF that state
He was accompanied, he said, by mem
hers of the Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives of Virginia ana Dy hs
five or six Republican member,
of Congress, and they represented
the Republican party OF Virginia. ne
read paper which had been prepared IL
the form OF an address 10 the committee
a,d WHICH reviewed the history OF the
Republican party in that State since
1873 Under the old management tue
! Marty had been so badly beaten IN lo"t
tbat Il had become disheartened and de
, moraljzed. In 1878 the chairman OF tue
, Stote Executive Committee had unltec
/, With the Bourbons in an effort 70 OF
: oanize new party. Local influence
which had been steadily at work nae
,esrlted in 1879 in a disruption o
the Virginia Democracy. Inc hepuo
Ican rank and file had gone over I. u
= Malone, while others had lolneu wiz
: the extreme Bourbons. The hepuoIlcanl
/ had from that time until 1886 abandoned
= the field TO the foe. The elections II
VIRGINIA had been egregiously mlsrePre
3 sensed. They had carried 30 out OF IV'
+ connties, had elected 10 out oil 10 sens
I TORS and carried out of 10 COMPRESSION
? al districts and all this they had don dom
= with strictly Republican votes Tie ssa !,
Q these facts to show that the national lie
publican organization OF Virginia wa W
not inefficient or unsuccessful and to de
monslrate that with the cordial reeoen'
. ton and support of the national Repao
I;can party Virginia would give ne
/. electoral votes next year to the hepuDh
: can candidate for the presidency i,
: Mr. Gallagher, delegate IRON tn
New York ~orkiDgmen's party, was o.
annlieation admitted 10 present IN
riaws Of that party. He asked OF tn
:, Committee some recognition OF the cans
y ~ labor. He wanted the committee I
tnrtber the views OF the Labor party !. u
: the direction OF high protective tariil
. strong STR navy, more coast defences, intel
!. nal improvements, compulsory educa
: ton and other matters, and to use a
4 The surplus and protect the labor OF :, ~
y American workingmen. They ask 10
y - - a ;.o,,,aot III whita slaves as tue